Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 132 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 36% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6033.00 on Monday, February 9th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 8, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 52 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.31% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 159,118 acre feet

This is 133.16% of the average of 119,497 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 99,020 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 112,390 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 60,098 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 217.38% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 81.41% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -4.49 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.70 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.35 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Feb 09, 2026
6033.00
-0.02
989,014
-9705
385
60.8
29.7
Sun, Feb 08, 2026
6033.02
-0.03
989,212
-9751
388
60.1
30.9
Sat, Feb 07, 2026
6033.05
-0.04
989,511
-9803
387
57.4
34.5
Fri, Feb 06, 2026
6033.09
-0.01
989,909
n/a
387
55.2
29.5
Thu, Feb 05, 2026
6033.10
-0.03
990,008
246
387
55.4
29.8
Wed, Feb 04, 2026
6033.13
-0.03
990,307
245
386
53.8
27.1
Tue, Feb 03, 2026
6033.16
-0.02
990,605
293
384
51.1
24.1
Mon, Feb 02, 2026
6033.18
-0.04
990,805
192
383
52.7
30.0
Sun, Feb 01, 2026
6033.22
-0.02
991,203
295
386
53.1
29.3
Sat, Jan 31, 2026
6033.24
-0.02
991,402
296
387
47.1
26.4
Fri, Jan 30, 2026
6033.26
-0.03
991,601
245
387
46.2
25.5
Thu, Jan 29, 2026
6033.29
-0.02
991,900
253
344
44.6
26.2
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
6033.31
-0.04
992,100
110
302
44.1
25.0
Tue, Jan 27, 2026
6033.35
-0.03
992,498
160
302
42.8
20.1
Averages of List
6033.17
-0.03
990,720
-2071.1
371.1
51.7
27.7

Averages for February 9th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.87
-14.87
1,210,299
207.89
746.25
48.80
23.78
All-Time
6033.99
-0.99
1,104,668
248.00
834.11
48.80
23.78

Last 10 February 9th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sun, Feb 09, 2025
6037.49
-4.49
1,034,472
194
392
49.6
34.0
Fri, Feb 09, 2024
6042.48
-9.48
1,086,988
364
353
36.8
27.7
Thu, Feb 09, 2023
6017.64
15.36
845,299
263
299
41.2
24.1
Wed, Feb 09, 2022
6018.78
14.22
855,331
300
381
55.0
14.0
Tue, Feb 09, 2021
6035.11
-2.11
1,060,885
87
392
59.0
34.0
Sun, Feb 09, 2020
6056.38
-23.38
1,302,448
197
489
n/a
n/a
Sat, Feb 09, 2019
6015.12
17.88
867,190
64
281
n/a
n/a
Fri, Feb 09, 2018
6052.24
-19.24
1,252,108
1248
1357
63.0
24.0
Thu, Feb 09, 2017
6057.02
-24.02
1,310,376
1639
688
63.0
30.0
Tue, Feb 09, 2016
6063.69
-30.69
1,395,446
423
470
52.0
19.0
Averages of List
6039.58
-6.58
1,100,873
455
531
53.7
26.2


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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